Needs and wants.

Looking back to see the date of the last post rendered a bit of a shock. We are about half way moved now and the deadline of Aug 15th looms larger but we are not panicing yet. Most of the heavy equipment is now there, that only leaves the household, the misc. yard items, the livestock and the 35 cars in the "collection". We found an auction special skid cabin that will be our home for the winter as we work on the house and once the move is compleated, we'll focus on prepping for the freeze-up. We are spending more time at the 12 now as we usually stay overnight after moving our loaded trucks in the evening due to the strong presence of Transportation officers on the highways through the daytime. The theory being that they too enjoy a barbeque at the end of the day.

It is at times like a move that we realize how much stuff we have accumulated. It is also somewhat comforting that I can now look at most hardware flyers and see nothing there to be desired as I already have all I need. The collection of cars is a bit of a dilema as most were saved from the crusher and hidden away for restoration. The years pass by and there is now some limited interst but still not sufficient for me to part with them. So we haul and drive them in a kind of nomadic migration from time to time as the need arises. After a lifetime of not having enough to do what I needed, it comes as a blessing as well as a curse to have all the stuff I do. When the day comes that I cannot use it, the stuff will go. Till then I'm not ready for minimilist living.